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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Topic started by: Roadgeekteen on January 19, 2019, 10:23:56 PM

Title: Bypasses which have a lower speed limit than the route that they are bypassing
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 19, 2019, 10:23:56 PM
Are there any? I doubt it but who knows.
Title: Re: Bypasses which have a lower speed limit than the route that they are bypassing
Post by: kphoger on January 21, 2019, 02:16:12 PM
My memory is telling me MO-370 around Saint Charles used to be 60 mph while I-70 to I-270 was signed at 65 or 70 mph.  However, GSV is not corroborating my memory, instead showing both routes as 60 mph.
Title: Re: Bypasses which have a lower speed limit than the route that they are bypassing
Post by: doorknob60 on January 21, 2019, 06:11:51 PM
Well, this is kind of cheating, but "Bypass US-30" in Portland is a surface street, with speed limits in the 35-40 MPH range mostly (probably lower around St. John's). US-30 follows I-84, I-5, and I-405, with speed limits between 50 and 60 MPH. But even when US-30 exits the freeways and becomes a surface street in NW Portland, I don't think the speed limit ever drops below 40, so it still counts.
Title: Re: Bypasses which have a lower speed limit than the route that they are bypassing
Post by: Revive 755 on January 28, 2019, 10:22:24 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 21, 2019, 02:16:12 PM
My memory is telling me MO-370 around Saint Charles used to be 60 mph while I-70 to I-270 was signed at 65 or 70 mph.  However, GSV is not corroborating my memory, instead showing both routes as 60 mph.

I'm not ruling out that I-70 was once posted higher than 60 through St. Charles and St. Peters after MO 370 was built, but I certainly can't recall it.